The Space Times: Spaceflight Now

Astronauts complete first spacewalk of shuttle flight

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:20:04 +0100

Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Stephen Bowen wrapped up a six-hour 52-minute spacewalk Tuesday, installing a spare coolant system component on the international space station, moving a depleted nitrogen tank to the shuttle Endeavour for...

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XMM and Integral unveil magnetar environment

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:20:02 +0100

X-ray and gamma ray data from ESA's XMM-Newton and Integral orbiting observatories have been used to make the first tests of the physical processes that define magnetars, an unusual class of neutron star with immense magnetic fields.

Scientists dive deeper into Mars' watery past

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:20:01 +0100

An international team of scientists working with data gleaned from Mars Odyssey's Gamma Ray Spectrometer report new evidence for the controversial idea that oceans once covered as much as one-third of ancient Mars.

Cargo-delivery module attached to the station

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:19:10 +0100

Astronauts Don Pettit and Shane Kimbrough, operating the space station's robot arm, carefully pulled a 27,000-pound cargo module out of the shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay Monday and attached it to the Harmony module to accomplish one of the major obj...